Suncat as a Power Displacement Cruiser?

[Shawn]

Tohatsu also  sells a kit to lock the engine straight ahead. Or a piece of rope will do the same thing.

http://www.defender.com/product.jsp?path=-1%7C215570%7C1825671%7C2348994&id=2658952

They existing setup can be easily modified to lock straight ahead. On mine I didn't do anything and it stayed straight ahead.

Shawn

[hoddinr]

I also have a SunCat with a Yamaha 4 HP 4 stroke.  Sweetest little engine I think I've ever owned on any boat! 

I did 4 days on the St. John's River using the motor exclusively due to bridges and river currents.  In the 4 days I covered 80 miles - 40 up river and 40 down river.  Running about 1/2 throttle gave me 4.5 or 4.7 mph upstream and 5.8 mph downstream.
I took a full 3 gallon tank and one extra 1 gallon tank.  Used about 3 gallons during this trip.

I would like to do all or part of the Erie Canal with my boat, since there are parts where the mast could go up for a sail when desired.
Hope this helps.

Ron

[Shawn]

Found the link on how to make the Tohatsu's built in friction adjustment a steering lock.

http://tillerfix.blogspot.com/2014/08/tohatsu-tiller-lock-fix.html

Shawn